Juneteenth, Not July 4th: Ways to Celebrate it this Year | Chicago Defender

Juneteenth, Not July 4th: Ways to Celebrate it this Year

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the Year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.-Frederick Douglass July 4th or Independence Day is a federal holiday set aside to observe the signing of … Continue reading Juneteenth, Not July 4th: Ways to Celebrate it this Year

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